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How many working days does this delivery actually need?
Enter your cull, edit, revision, and export hours plus contingency to see the production days needed, separate from client review time you don't control.
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Production work and client-controlled time
A client delivery date contains both production work and time the client controls, such as review and feedback. Culling, editing, revisions, export, and contingency can be counted. Approval timing, late feedback, and changing scope cannot be promised by arithmetic. Make those separate parts visible before the shoot.
Four hours of culling, 12 hours of editing, four revision hours, and two export hours total 22 hours. With 15 percent contingency and an eight-hour production day, the plan needs four working days, plus the declared client review time. If the client needs feedback from several people, record that as a scope/approval issue rather than hiding it inside an editing estimate.
This is a planning calculation, not a certification. Confirm the relevant camera, lens, card, printer, contract, location, or workflow constraint in the real setup before relying on the result.
Compare the chosen crop and output at the intended physical size and viewing distance. A proof is more informative than a generic PPI or quality label because it includes the actual subject, processing, paper, and display context.
FAQ
- Can I send this date as a guarantee?
- Use it as a planning estimate. A real delivery promise still requires agreed scope, review timing, approvals, and contingency.
- Is this a guarantee?
- No. The result is bounded by the inputs and assumptions shown on the page. It is designed to support a better next decision, not replace a test, measurement, proof, or professional judgement where one is needed.